己未

Chinese

		6th heavenly stem; self	not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.
simp. and trad. (己未)		己	未

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei² mei⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kí-bī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐwèi
    • Wade–Giles: chi³-wei⁴
    • Yale: jǐ-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiiwey
    • Palladius: цзивэй (czivɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei² mei⁶
    • Yale: géi meih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei² mei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi² méi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³⁵ mei̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kí-bī
    • Tâi-lô: kí-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ky'bi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bi³³/

Noun

己未

1. The fifty-sixth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Earth Goat" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.

Coordinate terms

• (Chinese sexagenary cycle terms) 干支 (gānzhī); 甲子 (jiǎzǐ), 乙丑 (yǐchǒu), 丙寅 (bǐngyín), 丁卯 (dīngmǎo), 戊辰 (wùchén), 己巳 (jǐsì), 庚午 (gēngwǔ), 辛未 (xīnwèi), 壬申 (rénshēn), 癸酉 (guǐyǒu), 甲戌 (jiǎxū), 乙亥 (yǐhài), 丙子 (bǐngzǐ), 丁丑 (dīngchǒu), 戊寅 (wùyín), 己卯 (jǐmǎo), 庚辰 (gēngchén), 辛巳 (xīnsì), 壬午 (rénwǔ), 癸未 (guǐwèi), 甲申 (jiǎshēn), 乙酉 (yǐyǒu), 丙戌 (bǐngxū), 丁亥 (dīnghài), 戊子 (wùzǐ), 己丑 (jǐchǒu), 庚寅 (gēngyín), 辛卯 (xīnmǎo), 壬辰 (rénchén), 癸巳 (guǐsì), 甲午 (jiǎwǔ), 乙未 (yǐwèi), 丙申 (bǐngshēn), 丁酉 (dīngyǒu), 戊戌 (wùxū), 己亥 (jǐhài), 庚子 (gēngzǐ), 辛丑 (xīnchǒu), 壬寅 (rényín), 癸卯 (guǐmǎo), 甲辰 (jiǎchén), 乙巳 (yǐsì), 丙午 (bǐngwǔ), 丁未 (dīngwèi), 戊申 (wùshēn), 己酉 (jǐyǒu), 庚戌 (gēngxū), 辛亥 (xīnhài), 壬子 (rénzǐ), 癸丑 (guǐchǒu), 甲寅 (jiǎyín), 乙卯 (yǐmǎo), 丙辰 (bǐngchén), 丁巳 (dīngsì), 戊午 (wùwǔ), 己未 (jǐwèi), 庚申 (gēngshēn), 辛酉 (xīnyǒu), 壬戌 (rénxū), 癸亥 (guǐhài) ^{(Category: zh:Chinese sexagenary cycle terms)}

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
己	未
つちのと Grade: 6	ひつじ Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Compound of 己(つちのと) (tsuchinoto, “the sixth heavenly stem”) + 未(ひつじ) (hitsuji, “the Sheep, the eighth earthly branch”)

Noun

己(つちのと)未(ひつじ) • (tsuchinotohitsuji) 

1. Earth Sheep, the fifty-sixth term of the sexagenary cycle

   Hypernym: 干支

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
己	未
き Grade: 6	び Grade: 4
on'yomi

Compound of 己(き) (ki, “the sixth heavenly stem”) + 未(び) (bi, “the Sheep, the eighth earthly branch”)

Noun

己(き)未(び) • (kibi) 

1. Earth Sheep, the fifty-sixth term of the sexagenary cycle

   Hypernym: 干支

Korean

Hanja in this term
己	未

Proper noun

己未 • (Gimi) (hangeul 기미)

1. hanja form^? of 기미 (“Earth Goat, the fifty-sixth in the sexagenary cycle”)